Is 20 dollars of allowance a day a lot?

That's how much allowance I get during the summer. Well it's not really an allowance, more like my lunch money. Both of my parents have to work during the day and obviously can't cook for me nor do they have time to cook for me before they go to work so they give me 20 dollars a day during the summer to... show more That's how much allowance I get during the summer. Well it's not really an allowance, more like my lunch money. Both of my parents have to work during the day and obviously can't cook for me nor do they have time to cook for me before they go to work so they give me 20 dollars a day during the summer to eat out. Do most kids get that much?

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No, most kids do NOT get that much. If your parents work 5 days a week, they're giving you $100 every week to eat on. That's a LOT of money for a kid to eat on, especially when he's probably eating only one meal a day at a fast food place like McDonald's.
Any reason why you can't fix your own lunch for yourself?

Wow, what a waste of money. Your parents are not very wise. If you are old enough to take yourself out to eat for lunch and dinner, then you are old enough to prepare your own meals.

If you were smart, you would take that $100 per week food allowance and go shopping at the grocery store. There you can save a lot of money by shopping for your food rather than going out to eat twice a day. This way, you can pocket quite a few dollars per week and learn to be self sufficient by feeding yourself with food you purchase and prepare yourself.

I would never give my kid $100 per week to take him/herself out to eat twice a day. That is not only a waste of money, it is incredibly unhealthy to make restaurant food the main part of your dietary consumption.

When I was in grade school, mom gave me 25 cents for lunch money. With it I bought two hamburgers at ten cents each and a coke for a nickle. Food was not taxed. On occasions I bought just one hamburger, which gave me ten cents to buy candy at the Sundry Shoppe on the way home from school.

Shows how times have changed.

Anyway, $20 is way too much for lunch. Even at today's inflated prices you can get a burger, fries, and a coke for $10 or so. For example "The new $6 King Box includes your choice of a Burger King entree, a small order of fries, small drink, and two chocolate chip cookies."

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Is 20 dollars of allowance a day a lot?

That's how much allowance I get during the summer. Well it's not really an allowance, more like my lunch money. Both of my parents have to work during the day and obviously can't cook for me nor do they have time to cook for me before they go to work so they give me 20 dollars a day during the summer to eat out. Do most kids get that much?